Increase in Electricity and Gas Consumption in Austria in October

The electricity supply to end customers increased by 2.8 percent to 5.31 TWh. Gas consumption rose by 8.5 percent to 5.70 TWh, as announced by E-Control on Monday in a statement. Although imports of electricity and gas were reduced, exports increased.

Hydropower Electricity Production in Austria Significantly Increased

In October, electricity production from hydropower rose to a record level. This was due to large amounts of rain in September, which caused the generation coefficient to rise to 1.52, almost doubling compared to the same period last year. Storage power plants also supplied 52.2 percent more electricity. Wind power plants (up 2.9 percent) and photovoltaic systems (up 15.8 percent) also supplied more electricity than in October 2023. However, production from thermal power plants decreased by 9.4 percent. In total, 7.19 TWh of electricity was generated, 41 percent more than a year earlier, with two-thirds of this coming from hydropower. Electricity imports fell by 52.4 percent to 1.09 TWh, while exports increased by two-thirds to 2.2 TWh.

Gas Production in Austria Decreased

For gas, domestic production including biogenic gases fell by 4.3 percent to 0.47 TWh. In contrast, around half more gas was withdrawn from storage than in October of the previous year, at 1.70 TWh. At the same time, 3.24 TWh of gas was stored in Austrian storage facilities - 44 percent less than in the same period last year. As a result, the storage level at the end of the month was one percent lower than a year earlier at 96.1 TWh. Gas imports from neighbouring countries fell by 8.3 percent to 11.1 TWh. In contrast, gas exports increased by 64.7 percent to 4.11 TWh.

(APA/Red)

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